Final design of PMS ready for implementation

The final design of a performance management system (PMS) for six public energy utilities presented on Tuesday is ready for implementation, says a press release. The PMS is a management tool to organize resource allocation, facilitate accountability, and enable informed…

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Ramna thana ASI killed

Mirzapur police yesterday recovered the body of an assistant sub-inspector of Ramna Police Station from Charpara area of Tangail.

The body of Shah Mizanur Rahman, 35, was found lying beside the Dhaka-Tangail highway and it

was recovered at about 7:30 AM, police…

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Delay in publishing results DU marks 21 faltering teachers

A list of 21 teachers responsible for delays in publishing exam results at Dhaka university has been made. It was prepared by the university authorities.

The University rule is that Results must be declared three months following the completion of the…

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Khaleda addresses grand rally at Rajshahi today

BNP Chairperson and Leader of the Opposition in Parliament Begum Khaleda Zia will address at a grand rally in Rajshahi today as part of her ongoing organisational tour of six divisional headquarters, from where she might call the nationalist forces…

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US, Iran clash at UN nuclear meet

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad blasted the United States at a UN conference here Monday for threatening to use atomic weapons, triggering a sharp American response and a walkout by several delegations.

“Regrettably, the government of the United States has not only…

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Thai protesters mull PM offer of November elections

Thailand’s Red Shirt protest movement was on Tuesday to consider Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva’s proposal to hold elections in mid November as a way of ending the country’s political crisis.

A spokesman for the movement, which has demanded the immediate dissolution…

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US says it has 5,113 nuclear warheads

The United States has 5,113 nuclear warheads in its stockpile and “several thousand” more retired warheads awaiting the junkpile, the Pentagon said Monday in an unprecedented accounting of a secretive arsenal born in the Cold War and now shrinking rapidly.

The…

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Britons Outsource their Vote to Afghanistan, Ghana, and Bangladesh

British voters go to the polls May 6 after a political campaign that has seen domestic issues in the forefront.  But there is a new element to this year’s election that has a decidedly foreign angle – non-British citizens living…

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Bangladesh to examine power import deal with India

The Bangladesh government formed a committee Monday to review a deal signed earlier with India on open-ended import and export of electricity, before ratifying the deal for power purchase from the larger neighbour, an official said.Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul…

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UK election gets personal days before election

Britain’s political leaders launched personal attacks against each other on Sunday ahead of Thursday’s parliamentary election, with opinion polls showing support growing for the opposition Conservative Party.

Although no new poll has indicated the centre-right Conservatives winning an outright majority, ruling…

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